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A METHOD FOR DETERMINING SALT SOURCES IN SURFACE WATERS'
Author(s) -
ShirinianOrlando Anne A.,
Uchrin Christopher G.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04303.x
Subject(s) - tributary , saltwater intrusion , hydrology (agriculture) , surface water , streams , surface runoff , groundwater , environmental science , plume , aquifer , saline water , soil salinity , discharge , geology , salinity , drainage basin , soil science , soil water , environmental engineering , oceanography , meteorology , geography , computer network , ecology , computer science , biology , physics , cartography , geotechnical engineering
This paper presents a method for determining the causes of salinization of surface waters, in this case the upper Colorado River and its tributaries in Texas. The analysis, which includes a combination of statistical analysis and graphical methods, indicates that among the sources of salt (e.g., saline ground water discharge into surface waters and storm runoff, both surface and shallow subsurface, and washing minerals into surface waters) the major contributor is saline ground water, which discharges into the river and streams. Data also points to salt plume intrusion into the river and streams from sources of salt in the aquifers.